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Written by Sunny Rasheed Lucman Pacasum
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Monday, 01 October 2007 |
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I have always admired the U.S. for their advocacy of democracy and equality. Americans have contributed so much towards stopping negative developments in the world and they have continued to support our government’s efforts to recover from our financial crisis. But now the U.S. has shown hypocrisy and double standards in dealing with Muslim countries in order to achieve the objective of gaining control of Iraq. It had to propagate lies, half-truths and inaccuracies to such an extent that it has totally undermined its own credibility.
Despite claims to the contrary, it is clear that it is the Muslim world and Muslim governments that are being targeted. These injustices to our fellow Muslim brothers will only result to more FATHUR AL GHOZI recruits. Half a million Muslim children in Iraq and Afghanistan have died because of U.S. sanctions and, sadly, more will die before the American troops decide to eave Iraq. The Gulf War was the start of the Americans’ arrogant show of force. It showed that the US has complete liberty to decide on what to do with any state. The war against Saddam Hussein was portrayed as an international effort, but in reality it was a US military action intended to get complete control of the oil-rich Middle East. Although previous years have shown how the U.S. military have attacked Somalia and other countries, Bush’s decision to attack Iraq without a UN mandate has shown that they no longer pay respect to international laws and human rights. Ironically they also continue to mouth the words “international laws” and “human rights” in its mad drive to be the world’s lone “super power”. It did not respect the multilateral process of the UN and its charter.
Let’s face it, the UN has become a useless debating chamber. In terms of enforcing its policies, a concrete example of its inability would be the illegal occupation of Palestinian lands by Israel this despite the fact that many of the UN members totally disagree with Israel’s actions. And let me ask you, can the US war games in Muslim Mindanao be any different? These are all blatant violations of UN resolutions. Muslims have been repeatedly the targets of gross misrepresentation and verbal disrespect. Highly visible to Muslims is the political hypocrisy that routinely makes Muslims shortchanged. All the Muslims around the world whatever their differences are united in their outrage over the obvious singling out of Muslims with regard to the enforcement of the ban on nuclear proliferation. The injustice of how Israel was created and the long chain of related events have also been a symbol of niversal Muslim grievances. The rush to liberate Kuwait while Bosnia-Herzegovina was allowed to be partitioned and devastated by its Serbian and Croatian neighbors show the biases against Muslims. I have lost a lot of respect for the U.S. as a country that is supposed to uphold the rule of law and human rights.
In its proclaimed fight against international terrorism, it is endangered of becoming a “terror” itself – acting like a law unto itself. The Americans have placed this war on our doorsteps, as seen in the necessary increase in security precautions here in the Philippines this past few months. For Muslim countries, the U.S. has lost its credibility as the defender of values it seeks to preach around the world. I guess the September 11 attacks have been used as an alibi for the U.S. to fulfill its imperial ambitions. nd this whole war against “terrorism” was hyped up to convince the rest of the world that its unjust war against Muslims is justifiable. Unless there is a change in the kafirs’ attitudes towards Muslims, a just and lasting peace will never be possible. Isn’t it time that the US realized the error in its approach toward combating terrorism? Isn’t it pointless to wage a full-scale war which not only claims countless innocent lives and creates further destruction, but also breeds hatred and new supporters of Islamic xtremism? The solution instead should be to alleviate some of the desperation felt by most of our mujaheedin brothers, isolate the troublemakers or fanatics and promote justice, freedom and democratic values throughout the Muslim world. That can only be won through negotiation, education and peace offerings– never through the barrel of a gun.
WASSALAM!
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